One-week breakfast plan: 5-ingredient nutritious recipes for working bachelors

Morning meetings, household chores, and project deadlines—amidst all this, breakfast often takes a backseat among working bachelors. And as per experts, breakfast, as the first meal of the day, should be rich and healthy, but that doesn’t mean it should be calorie-dense. It is suggested to evenly distribute your daily calorie intake in different meals. As per nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, skipping breakfast is not a healthy practice. It often leads to consuming more calories later in the day. This habit can hinder effective weight loss compared to those who eat a substantial morning meal. Hence, we have curated a one-week nutritious breakfast plan that can be made with just 5 simple ingredients at home. Scroll to read the recipes.

Ingredients: 2 bread slices, 2 tbsp curd, 2 garlic cloves, 1/4 tsp black pepper, and salt to taste
Method: Toast bread slices and in the meantime, mix curd, roasted and mashed garlic, pepper, and salt. Spread on the toast and your creamy, probiotic-rich, breakfast is ready.

Ingredients: 1 cup soaked poha, 1/4 cup soaked kala chana, salt to taste, pepper to taste, 1/2 cup curd, and 1 tsp baking soda.
Method: Blend soaked poha and kala chana along with salt, pepper, and curd. Let it rest for 5 mins. Add baking soda and mix well. Pour the batter into the greased and preheated appe moulds. Cover and cook until done. Serve hot with chutney.

Ingredients: 1/2 cup rice flour, 1 cup water, salt to taste, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, and oil for cooking
Method: Make a slurry of rice flour, water, salt, and cumin powder. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Pour a ladleful of the slurry on a greased pan. Brush some oil and cook until it leaves the sides of the pan. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Ingredients: 1/2 cup boiled sweet corn, 1/2 cup sooji, 2 tbsp curd, 1 green chilli, and salt to taste

Method: Grind the boiled corn coarsely. Mix all the ingredients into a thick batter. Pour small portions on a greased preheated pan to make mini savory pancakes. Cook both sides. Enjoy with chutney or ketchup.

Ingredients:1 boiled sweet potato, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp chaat masala, 1 tbsp green mint chutney, and salt to taste
Method: Cube the sweet potato in a mixing bowl, and toss everything together. Sweet, tangy, and fiber-rich no-cook breakfast is ready to enjoy.

Ingredients: 1/2 cup grated paneer, 1 leftover roti, 1 tsp peri peri masala, salt to taste, and 1 tsp butter
Method: Mix paneer with salt and peri peri masala. Stuff into a folded roti. Toast with butter on both sides like a quesadilla on a low flame. Cook until the crust turns crisp. Your high-protein and satisfying breakfast is ready.

Ingredients: 1 ripe banana, 1/2 cup besan, a pinch of cardamom powder, 1 tsp jaggery, and water
Method: Mash banana in a bowl and add besan, cardamom, and water to make a smooth batter. Add jaggery for added sweetness. Pour the batter on a preheated pan like a pancake and cook both sides. Serve hot and enjoy.
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